JOINT MEETING OF THE LVTS TECHNICAL AND COORDINATING COMMITTEES Wednesday, July 15, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. LVPC Conference Room AGENDA Roll Call Courtesy of the Floor Minutes 1. ACTION ITEM: Technical Committee approval of LVTS Technical Committee Meeting Minutes of June 3, 2020 (see page 2) 2. ACTION ITEM: Coordinating Committee approval of LVTS Coordinating Committee Meeting Minutes of June 3, 2020 (see page 2) Old Business 1. WORK PLAN ITEM: PennDOT District 5 Highway Status Report (CK) (see page 14) 2. WORK PLAN ITEM: PennDOT District 5 Transportation Improvement Program Administrative Actions (JR) (see page 18) 3. ACTION ITEM: LVTS Adoption of the 2021 – 2024 Transportation Improvement Program (see page 20) Air Quality Resolution (see page 61) Self-Certification Resolution (see page 63) Transportation Improvement Program 4. WORK PLAN ITEM: FHWA Certification Review Findings (JC,JL, BB) (see page 66) 5. WORK PLAN ITEM: MAP Forum Spring Annual Meeting (BB,CD) New Business 1. WORK PLAN ITEM: Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America (INVEST in America) Act (BB,CD) 2. WORK PLAN ITEM: Equity Analysis Update (BB, JS, SS) Communication + Correspondence 1. Morning Call’s Road Warrior Column (see page 118) Public Engagement and Participation: 1. Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP) @ LVPC Office (BH) Virtual Class – Speed Limits and Speed Management: September 15th, 8:00 am – 12:00 pm 2. Next Committee Meetings @ LVPC LVTS Joint Technical and Coordinating Committee, August 5, 2020, CANCELLED WorkshopLV: Freight (Freight Advisory Committee), CANCELLED WorkshopLV: Multimodal (Multimodal Working Group), August 26, 2020 @ 3:00 PM 1 Lehigh Valley Transportation Study Minutes from the June 3, 2020 Joint Meeting of the LVTS Technical and Coordinating Committees DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC THIS MEETING WILL BE HELD VIA WEB AND/OR CALL Prior to the meeting being called to order, Ms. Vazquez stated that the agenda and materials for this meeting were posted on the LVPC website. She provided directions on how to participate in the virtual meeting and the protocol to allow the meeting to flow smoothly. Ms. Vazquez also mentioned that this meeting was advertised in the Morning Call on May 7, 2020, as well as the LVPC website and social media outlets. She explained the procedure for public participants to ask questions or make comments. Ms. Bradley reviewed the meeting agenda. Mr. Kufro called the meeting to order and asked Ms. Bradley to read the roll call. Attendees: LVTS Technical Committee: City of Allentown Leonard Lightner (alt) City of Bethlehem Darlene Heller (Alt) City of Easton Dave Hopkins (Alt) LANta Brendan Cotter LNAA Ryan Meyer LVPC Becky Bradley PennDOT Central Office James Mosca PennDOT District 5 Chris Kufro LVTS Coordinating Committee: City of Allentown Craig Messinger (Alt) City of Easton Dave Hopkins (Alt) LANta Owen O’Neill Lehigh County Phillips Armstrong / Rick Molchany (Alt) LNAA Tom Stoudt LVPC Becky Bradley PennDOT Central Office Brian Hare PennDOT District 5 Michael Rebert Absentee: LVTS Coordinating Committee: City of Bethlehem Northampton County 2 LVPC Staff Participants: Matt Assad Charles Doyle Carol Halper Brian Hite Simon Okumu Geoff Reese Dave Towsey Bethany Vazquez Public Participants: Rick Ames, Carmen Bell, Jim Birdsall, Jennifer Crobak, Jay Finnegan, Marta Gabriel, Cathy Gorman, Max Inkrote, Cheryl Johnson-Watts, Fred Koeck, Amanda Leindecker, Anthony Moussa, Sherri Penchishen, Lee Rackus, Amanda Raudenbush, Debbie Roezar, Jen Ruth, Kim Schaffer and Chris Strohler Courtesy of the Floor Mr. Kufro asked if there was any member of the public who wished to make a comment or asked a question regarding a subject not on the agenda. There were none. He reminded participants that they could ask questions in the Q&A box on their screens Minutes Mr. Kufro stated that the minutes from the May 6, 2020 LVTS Technical Committee Meeting were in the packet and on the slides. For the Technical Committee, Ms. Bradley pointed out that the Technical Committee actions from the May 6, 2020 meeting were being shown on the screen. Mr. Kufro asked for a motion to approve the minutes. Mr. Lightner made a motion and Mr. Cotter seconded it. Mr. Kufro asked if there were any questions or comments, hearing none, he asked Ms. Bradley for an abbreviated roll call vote. The minutes were unanimously approved. Mr. Rebert stated that the minutes from the April 1, 2020 Coordinating Committee Meeting were in the packet and on the screen. Ms. Bradley mentioned that the actions from the April 1, 2020 meeting were on the screen. Mr. Rebert asked for a motion to approve the minutes. Mr. Molchany made a motion to approve the minutes, with a second from Mr. O’Neil. Mr. Rebert asked if there were any questions or comments. Hearing none, he asked Ms. Bradley for an abbreviated roll call vote. The minutes were unanimously approved. Old Business WORK PLAN ITEM: PennDOT District 5 Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside and Multi-modal Transportation Fund Projects Status Report Mr. Kufro reviewed the list of projects from the Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside fund and mulit-modal transportation funded projects within the Lehigh Valley, the projects were included in the meeting packet and on the screen. There were no questions or comments. 3 ACTION ITEM: PennDOT District 5 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Administrative Actions and Amendments Ms. Ruth reviewed the TIP Administrative Actions in the handout and on the slides. There were no questions regarding the Administrative Actions. She then stated there were three TIP Amendments that needed to be voted on. 1- The first amendment is to add the LVTS Bridge Preservation and Repair #6 Preliminary Engineering phase to the current TIP. This is to continue PennDOT’s priority bridges to get them into construction. Construction is carried on the draft 2021 TIP. The source is the Line Item. 2- The second amendment is to add SR 4020 over a tributary to Bertsch Creek Bridge in Northampton County to the TIP, adding Preliminary Engineering, Right- of-Way and Construction. Construction is being done by the Department. Right- of-Way and Construction need to be added to the draft 2021 TIP. Preliminary Engineering would start now with funds from the Line Item. 3- The third amendment is to increase Right-of-Way for the Route 309 and Tilghman Street Interchange Reconstruction in the amount of $9,524,785.00. This increase will fully cover Right-of-Way. The sources are low bids from the Jordan Street Bridge, numerous deobligations returned to the region and the Line Item. Mr. Kufro asked if there were any questions or comments. Mr. Mosca added that Amendment #3 was contingent on approval by the Department’s Program Management Committee. Ms. Bradley stated that it appears funds are being moved from the Freeway Service Patrol, does that mean that the project will no longer be funded? Ms. Ruth answered that the Freeway Service Patrol used to be a 80 – 20 split, but it is now 100% federally funded, so they are giving us money back from the 80-20 split because we had to separate them on two different State Project Numbers, that are assigned to unique projects. Mr. Kufro asked for a motion from the Technical Committee to accept the three TIP Amendments, including Mr. Mosca’s comment. Mr. Hopkins made the motion, which was seconded by Mr. Cotter. Hearing no questions or comments from either the voting members or the public, Mr. Kufro called for the vote. Ms. Bradley read an abbreviated roll call and the motion passed unanimously. Mr. Rebert asked for a motion from the Coordinating Committee to accept the three TIP Amendments, including Mr. Mosca’s comment. Mr. Molchany made the motion, which was seconded by Mr. Messinger. Hearing no questions or comments from either the voting members or the public, Mr. Rebert called for the vote. Ms. Bradley read an abbreviated roll call and the motion passed unanimously. LANta Transportation Improvement Program Amendments Mr. Cotter reported that there were several Administration Actions in the handout, however there were two Transit TIP Modifications that had to be voted on. 1. The first modification LANta is proposing is to add $3,774,560 in federal funds into federal fiscal year (FFY) 2020 in operating assistance. 2. The second modification is under preventive maintenance. It is a decrease of $1,880,826 in Federal FY (FFY) 2019 and $1,540,000 in Federal FY 2020. 4 Those reductions in preventive maintenance were shifted into LANta operating assistance in FFY 2020. The source for operation assistance came from preventive maintenance in FFY 2019 and 2020. Mr. Kufro asked for a motion from the Technical Committee to approve LANta’s proposed TIP amendments #1 and #2. Ms. Bradley made the motion and Ms. Heller made the second. Mr. Kufro asked for comments and questions from the members and the public. Hearing none he asked Ms. Bradley to read the abbreviated roll call. The motion carried. Mr. Rebert asked for the same motion from the Coordinating Committee. Mr. Molchany made the motion and Mr. Stoudt seconded it. Mr. Rebert asked if there were any comments and questions from the members and the public. Hearing none he asked Ms. Bradley to read the abbreviated roll call. The motion carried. LVTS Coordinating Committee Adoption of Walk/RollLV: Active Transportation Plan Mr. Rebert stated that the Coordinating Committee will need to vote on the adoption of the Walk/Roll; Active Transportation Plan. He asked Ms. Bradley to make some comments. She stated that the LVTS Technical and Coordinating Committees and the Multimodal Working Group, now known as WorkshopLV: Multimodal, have been working for about a year and a half to develop the region’s first pedestrian, bicycle, last feet to transit and accessibility strategy.